Yosemite National Park Travel Guides

Yosemite National Park spotlight

Staying in a national park won't limit you to tent or RV camping. Yosemite's campgrounds have semi-permanent platform tents, as well as cozy cabins. You'll find hotels with accommodation ranging from kid-friendly bunk beds, to luxurious suites with panoramic balcony views. You can also rent cottages. Towns surrounding the park offer an even broader range of options.

Yosemite receives 3.7 million visitors per year without really feeling crowded. While Yosemite is above all a national park, luring rock climbers and hikers to its 600 miles of trails, there are facilities for cycling, horseback riding, water sports, skiing and even golf.

Yosemite National Park encompasses massive granite mountains, hundreds of waterfalls, 1,600 miles of rushing streams, meadows, and 3 groves of giant sequoia trees. It is easy to feel humble in Yosemite Valley when standing at the base of 4,800-foot-high Half Dome, or at the summit. First-time visitors may find these views familiar, from classic paintings by Thomas Ayres, and the legendary photographs of Ansel Adams.

Yosemite National Park is a child's dream, with kid-friendly tours and organized activities year-round. Besides the many planned events, there are plenty of other age-appropriate opportunities for kids that will get them close to nature, and challenge their outdoor skills.